Skip to main content

St Christopher seated with the Infant Christ: AD.5.22-48

Current Location: In storage

Titles

St Christopher seated with the Infant Christ

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Altdorfer, Albrecht

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 123 mm
Width: 95 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

Circa 1515 - 1517

Note

Watermark suggest this is a late 18th-century impression

School or Style

German

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper ( Part watermark crown cf Winzinger 48, dated 1777.chainlines vertical)

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: AA
  • Location: Image upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: 48
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 54
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Stamped black ink
  • Type: Fitzwilliam Museum mark
  • Text: AD.4.22-48
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Stamped black ink
  • Type: Fitzwilliam Museum mark
  • Text: Crown [fragment]
  • Type: Watermark

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.5.22-48
Primary reference Number: 82098
Bartsch: 54
Winzinger: 85
New Hollstein (German): 57
Lugt: 2475
Winzinger (watermarks): 48

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 23 September 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "St Christopher seated with the Infant Christ" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82098 Accessed: 2024-04-18 21:14:02

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82098 |title=St Christopher seated with the Infant Christ |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-18 21:14:02|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-82098

More objects and works of art you might like

An image of Print

St Christopher, carrying the Infant Christ

Accession Number: AD.5.22-55

An image of Painting

The Holy Family with the infant St John the Baptist and angels

Accession Number: PD.14-1992

An image of Painting

The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the infant Baptist

Accession Number: 651

An image of Painting

The Virgin teaching the infant Christ to read

Accession Number: 131

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

Featured image for the project: Grumpy Cat by Ronald Searle - Lens and screen cloth

Grumpy Cat by Ronald Searle - Lens and screen cloth

£5.00

Featured image for the project: Behave Badly Pin Badge

Behave Badly Pin Badge

£1.00

Featured image for the project: Behave Badly Pin Badge

Behave Badly Pin Badge

£1.00

Featured image for the project: Rising Tide pin badge set

Rising Tide pin badge set

£1.50

You might be interested in this...

Featured image for the project: Project Coordinator, Research

Project Coordinator, Research

Featured image for the project: Melanie Pitkin

Melanie Pitkin

Featured image for the project: Fine Printed Books

Fine Printed Books

Featured image for the project: Olivia Majumdar

Olivia Majumdar

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo